Design & Materials Spezialisation
Shaping the Future: Engineering, Materials and Creativity
The Design & Materials program provides you with a strong foundation in multidisciplinary engineering before specializing in mechanical design, advanced materials, and manufacturing technologies. You will develop analytical, practical, and creative skills—essential for designing high-performance, sustainable, and innovative products.
What You Will Learn
🎯 Key Topics:
- Scientific and technical foundations: Deepen your knowledge in mathematics, physics, mechanics, and material science.
- Mechanical design: Master the principles of designing and sizing mechanical and electromechanical components.
- Materials and processes: Study the properties of metals and alloys, polymers, and ceramics, as well as their manufacturing and treatment processes.
- Modeling and simulation: Use digital tools (FEM, CFD, CAD) to model the mechanical and thermal behavior of your designs.
- Industrial design and innovation: Create aesthetic, functional, and sustainable solutions—from concept to production.
Why Choose Design & Materials?
A multidisciplinary and applied education: The common core builds the scientific and technological foundations of engineering, while the Design & Materials specialization focuses on design, materials, and modern manufacturing processes.
Project-based learning: Work on real-world projects combining mechanical design, material selection, additive manufacturing, and multiphysics simulation—turning theory into hands-on experience and functional systems.
Direct relevance to industry: Your skills will match the needs of sectors where innovation in materials and design plays a key role: from start-ups and SMEs in energy, transport, and aerospace to companies in mechanical, watchmaking, pharmaceutical, and food industries.
Example Projects and Labs
- Mechanical structure design and optimization: Study material strength and apply structural design principles to real components.
- Multiphysics simulation: Analyze thermal, mechanical, and fluid behavior of complex systems using advanced simulation tools.
- Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping: Explore modern production technologies and their industrial applications.
- Numerical modeling project: Use finite element methods to virtually design and test your products.
- Industrial design: Develop user-centered products and systems that combine technical performance with aesthetic appeal.
Your Future with Design & Materials
This specialization opens the door to exciting careers in design and manufacturing of innovative, sustainable, and intelligent products.
đź’Ľ Career Opportunities:
- Mechanical design engineer
- Product development or process optimization engineer
- Materials and industrial design specialist
- Simulation and process modeling engineer
- Innovation / R&D engineer
- Project manager in quality control
🏠Sectors:
- Mechanical and machine industry
- Energy and sustainable systems
- Transport, aerospace, and mobility
- Pharmaceutical and food industry (Process Engineer)
- Watchmaking, microtechnology, and mechatronics
- Product design and engineering
What Our Students Say
"From the third year onwards, we are treated as professional engineers. We carry out projects from A to Z—from design to testing—which allows us to apply everything we learned during the first two years." — Arnaud Currit, Mechanical Engineer at Novelis, 2024
Your Journey Starts Here
Balancing scientific foundations, technical design, and innovation, the Design & Materials specialization prepares you to face the challenges of modern engineering. It develops expertise in advanced manufacturing technologies, smart and sustainable materials, and the design, sizing, and simulation of electromechanical systems.
🎓 Ready to create the design of tomorrow?